II Congreso Internacional de Investigación de la SAEC

The Instituto Franklin-UAH, the Sociedad Académica de Estudios de Cómic, and the European project COST Action CA24160 COS-MICs (Comics and Sciences through Multidisciplinary Investigation and Collaboration) are organizing the 2nd International Conference of the SAEC in conjunction with the 3rd International Conference Teaching with Comics, with the collaboration of the Cátedra UAH de Investigación y Cultura del Cómic and the Cátedra de Estudios del Cómic FSM-UV.

The aim of this conference is to showcase and further develop current lines of research on comics, contributing to the advancement of knowledge in the field, fostering synergies among researchers, and exploring future lines of work, with a particular emphasis on the potential of comics as an educational tool. The main research areas of the conference, while not exclusive, are as follows:

• Comics as an object of study.

• Comics and their relationships with other artistic disciplines: film, literature, theater, painting.

• Comics and translation.

• Comics as a product of their time: diversity, feminism, sustainability.

• The representation of history through comics: from historical comics to comics journalism.

• Drawing words, writing images: comics, multimodality, and visual literacy.

• New trends in comics: from graphic poetry to abstraction.

• Teaching with Comics: Comics and education—experiences and best practices.

• Teaching with Comics: Sustainability through comics.

• Teaching with Comics: Comics as a classroom methodology.

• Teaching with Comics: Comics in higher education.

• Teaching with Comics: Comics and inclusive education.

• Teaching with Comics: Comics and reading and literary education.

• Teaching with Comics: Comics in the classroom—research and proposals.

• Teaching with Comics: Ecological and environmental awareness in comics.

• Teaching with Comics: Comics and science—comparative approaches.

Paper proposals should include an abstract of no more than 300 words and a biographical note of 150 words. They must also include keywords and indicate the relevant thematic area. Proposals should be written in Spanish or English, must not contain any identifying information about the author, and should be submitted through the form available on the Franklin Institute-UAH website. Complete panels are also welcome and should consist of 3 or 4 papers. In such cases, the panel coordinator must submit the abstracts of all papers included in the panel, along with the CVs of the authors. Each individual paper must follow the guidelines outlined in the previous paragraph.

The submission deadline is May 31, 2026. Notification of acceptance will be sent before September 15, 2026.